PLOCAN participated on behalf of the European project AtlantOS in Ocean Business 2019, the hands-on ocean technology exhibition and training forum, celebrated during the 9th, 10th and 11th April 2019 at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), in Southampton, UK.

The fourth General Assembly of partners of the European iFADO (Innovation in the Framework of the Atlantic Deep Ocean) Project, designed mainly to detect and cover the gaps in existing observation in the framework of the Atlantic Deep Ocean, was held in the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), in Southampton, UK.

The Canary Island Oceanic Platform (PLOCAN) has been awarded the Navigare Mare 2019 prize in the V Excellens Mare Prizes 2019, granted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (pwc) to acknowledge the merit and excellence of entities and people who do an outstanding job in the sustainable development of marine maritime activities.

The Portuguese Hydrographic Institute and PLOCAN launched the Seaglider-1K in the Nazaré Submarine Canyon from the ship NRP Auriga in order to carry out a scientific-technical mission between Portugal and Gran Canaria, separated approximately by 1500 kilometres. The device will be collected in Gran Canaria, after two months of continuous and autonomous navigation.